Organic Chemistry

The use of essential oils by civilisations constitutes a common practice since antiquity. In earlier times, China, India and the Middle East used h...

Nanocellulose, due to its nanosize, offers a large surface area with new functionalities. These open a wide range of possible properties, as well a...

In this book the authors present recent advances in polymer research. Topics discussed include polymer composite materials with photosensitive bis-...

The development of new materials of natural origin and biodegradable characteristics for many applications is one of the most important challenges ...

This book has been written in a concise manner to include all fundamental aspects of polymer science including recent inventions in polymerisation'...

This book describes the synthesis, properties and applications of PLA through fourteen original chapters that will guide the reader through a fasci...

The World Scientific Reference of Hybrid Materials is a set of 3 volumes, which covers the fascinating area of materials science at the intersectio...

The collection of topics in this book reflect the recent advances in preparation, properties and applications of polyanilines and functionalised po...

This reference work compiles and summarizes the available information on epoxy blends. It covers all essential areas - the synthesis, processing, c...

Your personal Ullmann''s: Chemical and physical characteristics, production processes and production figures, main applications, toxicology and saf...

Chitin is widely distributed in nature and is the second most abundant polysaccharide after cellulose. This polysaccharide is mainly found in the e...

This 2nd edition is a complete revision with an update of the methods that have been investigated recently and that are now fully accepted by the a...

This reference, in its second edition, contains more than 7,500 polymeric material terms, including the names of chemicals, processes, formulae, an...

Because it is critically important to manufacture quality products, a reasonable balance must be drawn between control requirements and parameters ...

Mechanochromic fluorescent (or mechanofluorochromic) materials change their emission colours (spectra) when an appropriate external mechanical forc...

Aqueous-based film coating has become routine in the pharmaceutical industry. This process eliminates the use of organic solvents and thus avoids e...

This book provides a comprehensive and clearly structured introduction to the broad field of transducers and artificial muscles based on electromec...

Molecular imprinting is one of the most efficient methods to fabricate functional polymer structures with pre-defined molecular recognition selecti...

Functional organic and organometallic polymers and materials have gained much attention as versatile materials for energy interconversions and opto...

The combination of its unique morphology, physical properties, cost effectiveness and environmental friendliness make natural rubber an appealing c...

For one-term courses in Organic Chemistry. This package includes MasteringChemistry(R). A comprehensive, problem-solving approach for the brief Or...